Table 3.
Daytime, 24-hour, and nighttime systolic and diastolic blood pressure thresholds corresponding to clinic systolic of 160, 140, 130 and 120 mm Hg and clinic diastolic blood pressure of 100, 90, 85 and 80 mm Hg among participants not taking and taking antihypertensive medication.
| Ambulatory blood pressure thresholds (95% CI) corresponding with specified clinic SBP/DBP levels, mmHg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not taking antihypertensive medication | Taking antihypertensive medication | |||
| Clinic SBP 160 mmHg | Clinic DBP 100 mmHg | Clinic SBP 160 mmHg | Clinic DBP 100 mmHg | |
| Daytime SBP/DBP | 144 (142-146) | 90 (88-92) | 143 (141-146) | 89 (87-92) |
| 24-hour SBP/DBP | 140 (138-142) | 86 (83-88) | 142 (139-144) | 86 (84-88) |
| Nighttime SBP/DBP | 133 (130-136) | 77 (74-79) | 137 (134-140) | 80 (77-82) |
| Clinic SBP 140 mmHg | Clinic DBP 90 mmHg | Clinic SBP 140 mmHg | Clinic DBP 90 mmHg | |
| Daytime SBP/DBP | 134 (133-135) | 85 (84-87) | 135 (134-137) | 85 (84-87) |
| 24-hour SBP/DBP | 130 (129-131) | 81 (80-82) | 133 (132-134) | 82 (80-83) |
| Nighttime SBP/DBP | 123 (121-125) | 73 (71-74) | 128 (126-129) | 76 (74-77) |
| Clinic SBP 130 mmHg | Clinic DBP 85 mmHg | Clinic SBP 130 mmHg | Clinic DBP 85 mmHg | |
| Daytime SBP/DBP | 129 (128-130) | 83 (82-84) | 131 (130-132) | 83 (82-85) |
| 24-hour SBP/DBP | 125 (124-126) | 79 (78-80) | 128 (127-129) | 80 (79-81) |
| Nighttime SBP/DBP | 118 (117-119) | 71 (70-72) | 123 (122-124) | 74 (73-75) |
| Clinic SBP 120 mmHg | Clinic DBP 80 mmHg | Clinic SBP 120 mmHg | Clinic DBP 80 mmHg | |
| Daytime SBP/DBP | 124 (123-125) | 81 (80-82) | 127 (126-129) | 82 (81-82) |
| 24-hour SBP/DBP | 120 (119-121) | 77 (76-77) | 124 (123-125) | 78 (77-79) |
| Nighttime SBP/DBP | 113 (112-114) | 69 (68-70) | 119 (117-120) | 72 (71-73) |
Results are weighted to the age-sex distribution for the African American adult population using 2010 US census data.
CI: confidence interval.
DBP: diastolic blood pressure.
SBP: systolic blood pressure.